Posts Tagged ‘David Miliband’

U.S. Approves Karzai’s Take-Over of Election Group

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics on 24 February 2010 tagged #Afghanelection, Afghan election, AFP, David Miliband, Democracy, Department of State, ECC, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, P.J. Crowley, Peter Galbraith, Philip Crowley, Presidential Election, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Voter Fraud with no comments

Responding to yesterday’s news that Afghan President Hamid Karzai, himself accused of massive election fraud, has taken full control over Afghanistan’s election watchdog group, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), the U.S. Department of State has said that the legislation can be seen as a vital step towards Afghanistan taking responsibility for it’s own governance. However, [...]

Karzai Supports Talks With Taliban as Best Way to Peace in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, History, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics on 29 July 2009 tagged Afghanistan, AFP, Britain, Brussels, Constitution, David Miliband, Democracy, Hamid Karzai, NATO, pakistan, taliban, United States of America with 1 comment

With an impending election and word that the United States and Britain are both open to talks with lower-level Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, current Afghan President, Hamid Karzai has re-iterated that now is the time for Afghanistan, the United States, and Britain to begin serious talks with those members of the Taliban and other warlords [...]